Lauding the players for their diligent work amid the pre-season preparing, Atletico de Kolkata mentor Jose Molina said that his group was completely arranged to go up against safeguarding champions Chennaiyin FC in the battle opener of Indian Super League football.

“I am extremely amped up for the main match tomorrow. ATK is a decent group. They put in a great deal of endeavors. Yes, to begin against the champion group is constantly troublesome. Be that as it may, we are a solid group and we are completely arranged and certain of winning our first match,” Molina said.

Molina, nonetheless, said that it would have been exceptional had a portion of the Indian players not missed the group’s pre-season preparing in Spain.

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“It would have been exceptional on the off chance that they could have gone to that preparation in Spain. Yet, yes we had few days now. We had buckled down and we have arranged a solid group,” he said.

Previous Spain World Cupper Molina assumed control over the reins of ATK from comrade Antonio Habas who’s presently FC Pune City mentor.

Asked whether ATK will need to take part in a shadow battle with previous mentor Habas, Molina said, “Habas made an extraordinary showing with regards to here. Be that as it may, he is not here (in ATK) now. I am exceptionally content with the players’ work. We are currently concentrating on our match with Chennaiyin FC at this moment.”

Approached in the event that it was troublesome for a goalkeeper to wear the cap of a mentor, Molina said, “It is not all the more simple or more troublesome. Playing is one thing and honing is something else, two are totally not quite the same as each other. Presently I am a mentor and I will do my best to make my group win.”

Chennaiyin FC had removed ATK in the semi-finals a year ago however Molina made it cear that tomorrow’s match won’t be a vengeance match.

“In football there is no such vengeance match. On the off chance that we win tomorrow then likewise we can’t do a reversal to last season’s semi last. This is another season and a fresh start.”

On ATK playing at Rabindra Sarovar stadium, he said, “I am certain that parcel of work has been done to set up the ground.”